09/09/2026
DO YOU FEEL DOWN WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM HOLIDAY TOO?
My husband recently said that people come to beautiful places like this, enjoy the sea, sunshine and bright colours, and then go home and feel depressed. I understand what he means. Everything here is so beautiful that even an ordinary walk feels like an adventure. Meanwhile, weāre thinking about returning to England, where autumn is beginning and everything looks a little greyer.
It made me wonder: maybe the post-holiday drop isnāt only about leaving a beautiful place, but also about the life weāre returning to? If most of the year is spent in āI have to, I have to, I have toā mode, and holiday is the only time you can finally do what you want, of course going back can feel difficult.
Iām trying to build my life differently. Not so that I never have to do anything, but so that I enjoy doing the things I need to do. I want work, training, family, rest and my own interests to become one life that I genuinely want to live, rather than separate lives I constantly switch between.
This trip has been a chance to test that in practice. I continued training, running online classes and doing a little work, while also swimming, exploring and spending time with my family. My usual rhythm changed and some things dropped away, but I didnāt have to put my whole life on hold to enjoy the holiday.
This isnāt about saying everyone should work or train while away. If you need a complete break, take it. Iām interested in something else: can we build a life that we donāt have to start from scratch after every trip?
Sometimes we move faster, sometimes slower, sometimes with fewer things on our plate. But we keep going, without feeling that all the good things are over and now real life begins again.
I want my life to feel good not only where there is sea and sunshine, but also on an ordinary Tuesday in rainy England, in my work, my training and all the little things that make up everyday life.